ashore
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- adverb
- /əˈʃɔr/
:
a la orilla
- The man clambers out of the boat and wades ashore again, carrying a large flint-bladed knife.
- come ashore
- go ashore
- get ashore
They, they come ashore and they leave.
- They, they come ashore and they leave.
- They could see the small boats that they rowed ashore in, but they could not see the main ship.
- Last night I dreamt their eyes still open, dim, clouded as the eyes of fish washed ashore, yet fixed staring back at me.
- If this is a metaphor about life and how we ought to be living it, wouldn't it be nicer if once they let us go ashore, we never come back?
- And she we had a great before the decision to just to to put the troops ashore at San Carlos.
- Unsheathed this trusty conch and uncork its wild pitches to signal a flask of mermaid senators to swim ruggedly ashore.
Examples
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Some 230 captives were brought ashore and placed together in a field.
Academic text (1992) -
Ellen called to her and waved her arms, expecting to be ordered ashore immediately.
Fiction book (1991) -
And we saw him and pulled him ashore in time.
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Besides, we might find something useful ashore that can help with repairs.
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More than 300 athletes will march ashore on German soil, ready to fight for gold.
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A few men foundered in deep water and were helped ashore by their companions.
Fiction book (1994) -
Johnson and Jaxx pull the Drifter ashore in the calm of a backwater.
Fiction book (1993) -
The lifeguard quickly swam to the struggling swimmer and brought him back ashore safely.
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After a long day at sea, the fishermen finally returned ashore with their catch.
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The rescue team urged the survivors to move ashore as the waves grew stronger.
Synonyms
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Located on land near the sea or moving from the sea toward the land
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Toward the land from the sea
Moving toward the shore from the water
Toward or at the edge of a body of water
Moving toward the shore
Toward the land and away from the sea
Toward the land and away from the sea
Antonyms
Compounds
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ashore is made from the old word part a- meaning 'on' and shore meaning the land at the edge of the water, so it literally means 'on the shore'. That's why ashore is used when something moves toward or ends up on the land from the sea.